''Gallowayella'' is a genus of

lichen A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.fungi in the family

Teloschistaceae The Teloschistaceae are a large family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. The family, estimated to contain over 1800 species, was extensively revised in 2013, including the creation o ...

. It has 15 species. The genus was

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in 2012 by

Sergey Kondratyuk Sergey Yakovlevich Kondratyuk ( uk, Сергій Якович Кондратюк) (born 17 May 1959) is a Ukrainian botanist specialising in lichenology. His research deals with the taxonomy, floristics, ecology and geography of lichens and lic ...

, Natalya Fedorenko, Soili Stenroos,

Ingvar Kärnefelt Jan Eric Ingvar Kärnefelt (born 1944) is a Swedish lichenologist. Early life and education Kärnefelt was born in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1944. His initial goal in his higher-level studies at University of Cologne in 1966–1967 was to become ...

, Jack Elix, and Arne Thell, with '' Gallowayella coppinsii'' assigned as the type species. The generic name honours New Zealand lichenologist

David John Galloway David John Galloway , FRSNZ (7 May 1942 – 6 December 2014) was a biochemist, botanist, and lichenologist. Biography Galloway grew up in Invercargill. After graduation from Southland Boys' High School, he studied at the University of Otago. As ...

(1942–2014).

Species

, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) include 15 species in ''Gallowayella'': *'' Gallowayella aphrodites'' *'' Gallowayella awasthiana'' *'' Gallowayella borealis'' *'' Gallowayella concinna'' *'' Gallowayella coppinsii'' *'' Gallowayella fulva'' *'' Gallowayella galericulata'' *'' Gallowayella gallowayi'' *'' Gallowayella hasseana'' *'' Gallowayella montana'' *'' Gallowayella poeltii'' *'' Gallowayella sogdiana'' *'' Gallowayella tibellii'' *'' Gallowayella weberi'' *''

Gallowayella wetmorei ''Gallowayella'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. It has 15 species. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed in 2012 by Sergey Kondratyuk, Natalya Fedorenko, Soili Stenroos, Ingvar Kärnefelt, Joh ...

'' Two species once proposed for inclusion in ''Gallowayella'' are now included in other genera: *''Gallowayella hermonii'' is now '' Xanthomendoza hermonii'' *''Gallowayella oregona'' was not validly published because of errors with the citation of the

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. It is now '' Xanthomendoza oregana''.

References

Teloschistales genera Lichen genera Taxa described in 2012 Taxa named by John Alan Elix Taxa named by Ingvar Kärnefelt Taxa named by Sergey Kondratyuk Taxa named by Arne Thell Taxa named by Soili Stenroos {{Teloschistales-stub